EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nuclear Power Plant, Teratology, Microwave Oven
10 Dec 2012
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We are exposed to radiation on the planet because there is a significant nature radiation. When nature radiation interacts with manmade radiation (electrical, medical equipment etc) These kinds of radiation should be controlled and monitored. Majority of radiation is coming from natural resources. Not all kinds of radiation are equally dangerous or they release the same kind of radiation. Non-ionized radiation: it was thought they are not very harmful, despite the fact they have low energy, they are dangerous too, if this exposure is to low levels of energy filled radiation, it is equally harmful. Able to strip away electrons from atoms and break some chemical bonds. Two main health affects are stochastic and non-stochastic. Radiation is able to control this mechanism and this results into cancer: radiation is able to cause mutations (teratogenic) which can effect fetus, genetic mutations transfer from parents to the child and. Microwave radiation is used in various different items.
